17 International Companies That Have Broken Into the US Market

November 30, 2015

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It’s easy to forget that there are tech startup ecosystems all around the globe and that they don’t only exist in the US. In fact, some of America’s greatest tech companies were, at one point, founded internationally and then moved stateside. However, it’s a definite challenge to start a company outside of the US and then break into the US market. Often times, there’s a language barrier to overcome, cultural differences to weigh, and an entirely different set of customers to entice to your offering – that’s not to say it can’t be done, though.

Recently, we reached out to 17 different companies that established their foundations internationally. What’s more, all 17 of them have – in one way or another – broken into various US markets. That is: they’ve all either opened offices in the US, moved their headquarters to the US, or built a sizable user base in the US – not an easy task.

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In that vein, you can see how international companies wanting to enhance themselves and their own communities by breaking into the US market might align with AED’s thinking. Here are the 17 companies:

A leading developer of 4G LTE chipsets for mobile devices and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, Altair has commercially deployed advanced LTE networks including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Softbank. The company’s customer roster includes some of the world’s leading OEMs and ODMs, such as Hewlett-Packard, ASUS and D-Link, as well as the majority of Asian ODMs developing LTE products for global markets.

Created by a father of a child with autism, AngelSense is the only GPS device specifically designed for children with special needs. In the United States alone, nearly half of all children with autism will wander away from safety before the age of 17, many times resulting in death. AngelSense gives parents real time updates of their child’s location, notifies parents when their child has left a specific area, allows parents to listen into a child’s surroundings, and is pinned onto a child’s clothing using a magnetic fastener that only the parent can release.

Avoka has created a digital sales enablement platform to create frictionless sales and service transactions. They solve the “buy” problem for Banks, Insurers, Health Care, Education, and Government industries where the traditional “shopping cart” eCommerce is not a good fit. Solutions include account opening, applying for a credit card or loan, submitting an insurance claim, or enrolling for a government product or service. New transactions can be created and deployed in hours instead of months, you can easily edit forms, and detailed analytics with A/B testing help rapidly iterate and experiment to improve conversion rates and reduce abandonment.

Bizzabo is a platform that helps organizers create successful events by empowering them to build amazing websites, sell tickets, grow communities, go mobile, and maximize event experiences. Currently, Bizzabo’s platform is used by thousands of conference organizers from the US and around the globe.

Brayola is a bra discovery platform that simplifies women’s lives by making it easy for them to find their favorite bras through using the wisdom of the community.The site changes the way women shop for bras by providing a unique service that is designed to help women discover the right size, style, and fit in 3 steps.

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Doubledot Media provides seven different training and software applications, and its flagship products include SaleHoo an online wholesale directory of over 8,000 pre-screened suppliers, and Affilorama, an affiliate marketing training portal with 300,000 members and over 100 free video lessons.

Decibel Insight launched in early 2014 with the simple goal of delivering a customer experience analytics platform available that delivers insights into customer experience. It’s designed to help marketers, web analysts, and conversion rate optimizers see how visitors to their websites behave, and what they can do to improve user experience.

EarlySense uses a contact free sensing solution that is placed under a mattress, or the cushion of an armchair, to monitor heart rate, respiratory rate, motion, and sleep. It has been clinically proven to reduce mortality by 80 percent, reduce patient falls by up to 43 percent, and pressure ulcers by 64 percent. The EarlySense System is currently installed in hospitals and alternate care facilities in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia. This technology is behind Samsung’s recently unveiled SleepSense, as well as European wellness company Beurer’s Sleep Expert 80.

Easy Solutions is a security provider focused on the comprehensive detection and prevention of electronic fraud across all devices, channels, and clouds. Their products range from fraud intelligence and secure browsing to multi-factor authentication and transaction anomaly detection, offering a one-stop shop for end-to-end fraud protection. To date, the online activities of over 75 million customers at 280 leading financial services companies, security firms, retailers, airlines, and other entities in the US and abroad are protected by Easy Solutions Total Fraud Protection platform.

FST Biometrics has rapidly become a leading identity management solutions provider, further supported by a recent investment infusion. The company’s IMID product line offers access control through its proprietary In Motion Identification technology, providing security and convenience for users who are accurately identified without having to stop or slow down. IMID solutions integrate a fusion of biometric and analytic technologies that include face recognition, body behavior analytics, and voice verification.

GetIntent

GetIntent is a global, real time bidding (RTB) platform which provides transparent and convenient access to RTB infrastructure. The company’s solutions are based on its own native technologies, powered by machine learning algorithms, which support marketers across the globe allowing them to activate data and optimize every touch point across all their media. The GetIntent platform is designed to handle all kinds of ad formats, namely desktop, video, mobile, and native ads as well.

With Shakr you can make many different kinds of videos. What they all have in common is that they help you boost your business, whether through better engagement rates on your social media channels, higher conversion rates in your e-commerce store, increasing brand awareness through online videos ads, or attracting passersby to your business. The Shakr Video Editor works right inside your web browser. Simply choose a template you like, drag and drop your photos and video clips into the editor, and customize the text to your liking.

With data from more than 80 million websites and 3 million mobile applications from every country across the globe, SimilarWeb’s market intelligence platform unlocks the digital strategy and tactics for any website or mobile app with data spanning every country across the globe.

Ve Interactive has built components for any online business to acquire, engage and convert customers. Companies looking to generate more conversions through your website, get more targeted traffic, and struggling with shopping cart abandonment rate simply install the Ve code on their site. From there, VePlatform will capture website product inventory and user journey data, providing unique analytics on your site’s performance.

Zadara Storage is a provider of enterprise storage as a service (STaaS), delivering high-performance, highly available, and predictable file and block storage, in a pay as you go model for on-premise deployment and via global service providers. The company’s as a service model offers enterprises, SMBs, and startups a flexible, agile, and cost-efficient storage infrastructure, available on-premise, and value added relationships with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

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Will is a Senior Writer with Tech.Co, based out of America's Finest City: San Diego. He covers all territory West of the Mississippi river, digging deep for awesome local entrepreneurs, companies, and ideas. He's the resident Android junkie and will be happy to tell you why you should switch to the OS. When he's off the clock, Will focuses his literary talent on the art of creative writing...or you might find him surfing in Ocean Beach.
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